who lives in colorado? what does the average call a lot on -- colorado and does coloradoan look like? >> is one of the fastest-growing areas, especially among millennials. bands,f great onerepublic, the fray, the lumineers -- they are all denver, colorado bands. what happened is we have sort of become this younger population always moving here. the typical coddle out ofan -- is typical coloradoan someone who is if not young, someone who is young at heart. a lot of entrepreneurs have been starting businesses here, but they come from everywhere, all flavors and all sizes. that affecting the political climate in colorado? gov. hickenlooper: when you have that many young people moving -- we legalized recreational marijuana, for one thing. people say millennials on moving here because we legalized marijuana. that's ridiculous. they were moving here for seven years before we legalized marijuana. they are the reason marijuana got legalized. they don't see a big difference between here and hot. when you have young

over northeastern colorado. we will see the clouds hanging in over t morning, slowly clearing after lunchtime today. just in time for thunderstorms to start to develop in the west, especially the arkansas valley and along the utah border, and we may see a brief, and i mean brief thundershower here after 5:00 p.m. today. as far as severe weather goes, it's really going to be concentrated in western colorado. we have a cold front moving through utah today, and that's going to kick off big storms in that neighboring state and some slope. >>> at 5:31, we'll help you plan out your day as marty's forecast factors into the drive today, keep in mind as you leave the house, you'll see that very light chance of sprinkles around 5:00 p.m., if you're going to wash the day, it will be a good day to do it. dry through the afternoon and we're going to really see that improve our roads. we're going to have good conditions here in the green with great speeds across the commerce city corridor, the upper 50s and mid 60s, a lowdown

life.e quality of >> who lives in colorado? the great one of things about colorado. it's one of the fastest-growing states, tremendous migration, especially of millennials. lies of venues in denver than in austin now. a lot of great bands. one republic, the fray, they are all colorado bands. i think what has happened is we have become this younger population with all these people moving here. coloradan is someone who, if they are not young, is young at heart. recreation.r there are a lot of entrepreneurs and people starting businesses here. but they come from everywhere, all flavors and all sizes. influx offeel the youth affects the political climate here? >> well, when you have that many young people moving into your state, well, you legalize recreational marijuana, for one thing. millennials are moving here ,ecause you legalize marijuana people say. that's ridiculous. they moved here seven years before. they are a big reason it got legalized. they don't see a difference between beer and pot. people, fore young things that are conservative, there is more pushback. a

in the 1960's, colorado's governor was john love. they really want any categories that were limited or constraint. the bill was written by a denver politician named dickie lamb who eventually served 12 years as governor. it was a democratic bill signed by a relatively conservative governor in the 1960's and that was 60 years before the roe versus wade decision. there is an ongoing historic preservation and restoration effort at the state capital. we have been working on trying to reclaim the building to the way it looked a century earlier when it opened at the beginning of the 20th century. lance shepherd can offer some information about all the projects trying to restore it to its original condition. >> there are two domes in the capital. we are inside the outer dome. kind of an architectural feature to make it look larger than it actually is. the gilder's are considered the artist who gilded the capital and we always used gold from colorado to gilded. 1901, it was around 200 ounces. part of the dome restoration project, there is co

colorado goes until 8:00 pm. the road closures will be in place after 8:00 p.m. all the way through the evening because, hey, there's a lot to clean up out here, as you make your way into work tomorrow, lit be all wrapped up. if there are any street closures, we will let you know. marty, glorious weather today and for a lot of folks, it's a family tradition to head out to taste of colorado and with fun things like these big musical instrus. the year, color starts to change, some of the ground cover in summit county changing, you're going to see the usual peek for color in the 3-4th week of this month. in many of northern and central colorado's mountains, for the aspens, haze and fog along i-80 and in northeastern colorado, that will burn off here this morning, very warm temperatures, upper 80s, low 90s throughout northeastern colorado and the few isolated storms developing down south. and when you want to cool off on a holiday, do kayaking. >> that's cute. >> a little good time. >> and not even having to paddle.

colorado care. opponents launched an ad. >> it would raise our taxes by $twitch billion a year, double the size of state government, and give colorado the highest income taxes in the country all to replace your doctor's decisions with a state program run what could possibly go wrong with that? >> i'm giving this ad a reality check. i also helped moderate a debate this week on the measure. healthcare is a big issue. i wonder if anyone is gonna get past the first line on this ballot measure which says shall taxes be increased $25 billion a year? to even consider any of the potential merit of this. >> i think it's a difficult sell. i agree with you. very frustrated with the cost of healthcare. we saw example after example where big pharma is just raising the rates on prescription medications. the epipen and the others. apparently for no reason exempt for the fact that they want to charge more money. so this is something that people are very strielthsly interested in. but i agree -- vitally interested i

the colorado state capitol was intended to be built out of as many native materials to the state of colorado as possible. you wanted to keep as much money of building the capitol in the state, so most of the stone from the capitol came from local quarries. but decorative materials inside the building came from other states, including white oak from arkansas. all of the door frames, window frames are made out of that. brass throughout the building came from foundries in cincinnati, ohio, and luciville, kentucky. the capitol building also has over 33 stained glass windows and they represent various f figures in colorado history, political figures, historical individuals, men and women from very many ethnic groups as well. the window behind me honors emily griffith, who was a school teacher in the early 1900s, and she founded the emily griffith opportunity school, which now operates as a vocational training school. her intention was to provide free edge kaegz on any practical issue that children or adults might want to learn. if you wanted to find a better job, if you wanted to get skills that

mostly sunny skies across colorado. this will probably keep us in the 80s for the rest of the summer season. all the way through thursday. our standards. dia 78. same downtown. normal highs is 78 degrees. of the right now it is 75. lovely in the sunshine with an east northeast wind at 8 miles an hour. humidity at 18 and high pressure. you can see most of our weather watcher's right now are in the 70s. one little 80 in fort morgan. mike who is one of our weather watcher's was on manella pass, look at the colors up there. colors are changing about a from now until next weekend we might be peaking in the northern rockies. a little change down in southern colorado. here is a look at the average. dates. in the orange that is where the. is happening as we speak all the way through next week. the rest of the state should follow once we get into october , the first couple of weeks of october. for tonight clear skies and 40s and 30s in the mountains. 40s and 50s across eastern the eastern plains. the last sunday of the summer se

next, a visit to the colorado state capital. derek everett and lance shepherd will be our guides. >> the colorado state capitol was built between 1886 and 1901. it took 15 years to complete the capitol. construction started 10 years after colorado join the union. we are called the centennial state. centennial for 100 years after the signing of the declaration of independence. the capitol building took 15 years to build on a site that was donated by local businessman named henry brown. he was not an altruist. he donated his property so he could make a fortune selling the rest of it for people that wanted to build their houses near the capital. it almost took 20 years and two trip to the united states supreme court to resolve who owned this property in large part because the state did not build on it for a long time. they did not have the money to. so he he sued twice, it made it all the way to the u.s. capitol building in washington dc for two battles before the supreme court which he finally lost in january of 1886. and finally,

he was a republican from colorado springs. he signed the nation's first liberalized abortion laws legalizing abortion across the spectrum. there were not any categories that were limited or constrained. the bill had been written by a denver politician who eventually served 12 years as governor. it was a democratic bill signed by a relatively conservative republican governor. that was six years before the robie wade decision. robie wadee -- decision -- roe v wade decision. there is an ongoing historic preservation effort at the capital. we have been working on trying to reclaim the building to the way it looked a century earlier when it opened. capital architect lance shepherd can provide us with information. >> watch her head. -- your head. are two domes to the capital. we are inside the outer dome which is just below the lantern. the capital is modeled after u.s. capitol. it is an architectural feature to make it look bigger than it is. artists considered the gwo -- who uilded the capital. dome, on thee exterior of this is co

gail schwartz -- for colorado. house majority pac is responsible i was watching this world war ii movie. there was nazis in the movie. i noticed that the nazis in those movies always had two separate heils. they had the regular heil, and then when they were around the offices, they had this casual heil. they come in the office-- yeah, heil, how are you? is the kid back with coffee? finished with the copier? world domination, aryan race-- whose doughnuts are those? heil. nice to see you. can i have a doughnut? ? the candy man can ? ? 'cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good ? ? and it feels so good ? ? oh yeah ? ? and it feels so good ? (pained groaning) just gonna need one big push. congrats! i hear you're having a baby.

, central colorado, southern colorado, and the west side of the state. they've all got campaign stops starting right here in denver, downtown, with ivanka trump, speaking at the sheridan, now, she's going to be here for a breakfast with the colorado women's alliance. that starts at 7:30 this morning. what we do know about this event is that ivanka trump will be taking questions from the audience, we haven't been told how many questions, but she will be taking those questions from the audience, we're thinking that women's issues, of course, will be top of mind, since this and he's her father's sounding board. now, her brother, donald trump, jr., he's going to be at a different part of the state in grand junction today, and he's going to be speaking at the mesa county fairgrounds, and his issues will be different, he's going to be talking about wildlife management, wildlife conservation, those hunting and fishing topics that we often hear about as a concern from people in many parts of the state, including in the grand junction area. mike pence, the man wh

colorado and colorado state, the local big showdown here. it is also college colors day. we want to see your college spirit. send us your best photo showing off your school pride. >> there you go. all right. use the hashtag beb on 9. >> i think it's a good excuse to wear a hoodie to work. if anyone asks, we can say it's color day. >> why didn't we do that? >> i thought about that too late. >>> rocky mountain showdown starts at 4:00. we're going hear from coaches, players. we're going to take schools on our state. >>> he was facing his third bone marrow transplant alone after his wife got sick. but when you're as awesome as craig seager, chances are an nfl player will step in to help you out. >> that's it for 9news at 5:00 a.m. struck down at such a young age. today friends and family gather at a spot where a teenager was hit and killed. they're doing this to make sure no one ever forgets him. that's the claim from child pornographer jared vogelsong regarding one of his victims. good morning, everyone. hurricane hermine is now a tropical storm. it made landfall in florida

showers are at the northwest corner of colorado and also in southern colorado we've had had several areas of showers during the morning where we could see heavier rain during the day today in san juans and we'll also get pockets of heavy rain here in the front range. we have a marginal risk a small risk for i25 corridor pushing out under the plains. i would say hail would be our biggest risk and storms late in the afternoon. clouds break up a bit during the morning with 50s and 60s and if you are working outside it's a fairly comfortable day to do that. we do pop into the low 70s but there are a few areas of showers possible around lunch time and more in our traditional time of day late in the afternoon so that's something you'll want to be with interactive radar. >>> something we're tracking in the traffic world is this lane closure. this is going to be on sixth avenue west headed just before you get to i70 they're doing bridge work from an accident that happened on sunday and everything but the shoulder is basically shutdown at the tail end of sixth avenue so they are expecting this to

>> we have a colorado organic palisade peach with colorado goat cheese. we are using a goat brie here right now. guilty? >> yeah, you can have four or five. >> reporter: tell us what else you are going to be preparing. you will have a booth on broadway. >> we have got colorado braised lamb sandwiches with "ratatouille." more goat cheese. like to support the local county. a ralston valley beach smoked steak ranchero sandwich. anaheim cheese. grilled onions. the crowd favorite yesterday was the braised lamb sandwich, pete crustini with goat -- peach crustini as well as bison chili. >> reporter: come out to the taste of colorado. there is about 50 booths with appetizers, with desserts, with just gorgeous looking meals and tasty meals, as well. thank you so much, chef, for being with us this morning. we have got all the information on 9news.com. you guys can check it out and back to you. >> belen, you know you are supposed to bring stuff back, right? that's the protocol here. >> tell the chef the catering is to be delivered to 500 spear. >>> 7:47 on your satu

over 10,000 jobs in colorado alone. but when washington gridlock was choking the industry, something had to be done. so, i teamed up with republicans and democrats to pass the new laws we needed to help renewable energy grow. protecting the jobs we have and generating more for the future. i'm michael bennet, and that's >>> a massive fire in saudi arabia arabia. . we don't know how this fire started ch we'll keep you posted as we learn more. >>> this hero is known as the encourager. >> reporter: there was a day when little zenora didn't think must have of reading. >> their eggs were nice wut empty. >> reporter: then mrs. legressa came along. she's a good person the me and- teacher pulled me aside and said i don't know what you're doing in reading partners but i've seen a huge turned in students. student at a denver school. >> i try to give as much love and positive reinforcement as a can. >> 80% of the kids have tutors and improved their skills moderately or high improvement. >> reporter: there are dozens of tutors just

it starts with a procession led by the colorado national guard and representatives from the colorado public safety community. governor job of hickenlooper and denver mayor -- john hickenlooper and denver mayor michael hancock will be present. there will be a flyover and 21 gun salute. steel recovered from the twin towers will be on display. john fogarty and big head todd >>> new treatments become available in colorado for >>> for the first time in washington state transgender kids will have a clinic they can go to for services. seattle children's hospital is preparing to open the services in october. >> reporter: 18-year-old ty jordan has been seeking treatment at seattle children for about three years. ty was born on cross gender hormone treatment. he says a simple visit to the doctor can cause great anxiety in transgender teens. >> you're looking for care. you're wondering if these doctors are going to be inclusive or if these doctors are going to be the ones that out you or use the wrong pronouns and things like that. if you have a gender clinic and you know that it's specifically

to be in colorado. a special place. >> reporter: donald trump here shows the state is a passive. in one month he is closed nearly an 11 point gap. >> we haven't spent any money on advertising. >> actually he does have an ad but it's his 1st. so why the shift in polls? clinton is making mistakes. >> my opponent slanders you as deplorable. >> reporter: trump is not making as many mistakes. >> i don't even like using the lettor because if i use that word they will say he used foul language. see i've learned it's been a process. >> reporter: he has learned to hit on colorado themes as well. appealing to oil and gas workers along with steel workers in southern colorado. >> american steel will send new skyscrapers into the clouds. that includes denver. american hands will rebuild this nation and american energy , mind from american sources willpower this nation. >> reporter: he also appealed to latinos, a key voting block in colorado he is losing by double digits. several latino protesters were let out of the

turned dry in parts of colorado, including denver. the city has had just a little over 3 inches of rainfall since june. that's only 47% of normal. much of the northern and western part of colorado remains ashnormally dry, as well as a few pockets in the south and southwest. along the front range, modzerate drought has developed from denver north to fort collins, and on the eastern side of the palmer lincoln county. i brought a couple of gages from home to give you a visual of how much rain we have had at the airport since june 1st. 3.19 inches. this age on the right, how much we should have referred over the period from june to now, 6.79. huge difference. toward the mountains, the current 90-day outlook calls for no real trend other. although it constant show a different trend irk know something that does. doppler 4 ,000. >> it really does! and right now we have nothing! this continues with this dry condition. but we are watching this low pressure system down here. sthal slowly move up across -- that'll slowly move up across colorado.

reality both schools have a major impa colorado. nelson garcia gives us a look that alumni are shaping the economy and infrastructure. >> two different men on two different paths. >> doug wilson is a project feel manager for the icon venue group. >> i make sure we maintain colorado's state university, his alma mater. >> companies know when they hire a csu graduate, they are not only getting a quality employee but they are gaining leader too. >> we are looking to this as a replay solution. >> peter evans is a sales engineer at send griff, a platform. >> it makes sense for your volume and business. >> and graduated from the university of colorado in de me discipline and working in a team environment. >> two men. >> you got your waterproofing here that cu has on the infrastructure colorado. >> we graduate in the students. >>> mary says right now more and work in key issues. >> it is it and other programs. i hope we are producing graduates to be good citizens. >> cu has that culture. >> and attracts a lot of students from out of state t

much of north eastern colorado. the denver metro area is not expected to see a lot of frost be aware temperatures will be chilly. you will want a light jacket and sweat shirt before things warm up across the afternoon. 29 degrees in estes park. 44 in boulder. 30 degrees in sterling and greeley and denver at 44. leadville is chilly at 27. throughout the day today. plenty of sunshine and very clear conditions today, tomorrow and highs today warmer than what we saw this weekend. yesterday in the 60s and today 76 in denver. highlands ranch at 77. >>> downtown down here to colorado boulevard, light paving and they just finally picked up in the last few minutes. all the cones from colorado to hamden, still a rauf ride and take a look at the camera here at university where everybody is really slowing here starting back at broadway. the heavy stop and go traffic an extra ten minutes on your trip down to the denver tech center. air tracker sevvn looking at i- 70 and i-25 going across downtown, so far so good from the north s

amendment 69 creates colorado care, a healthcare payment system confined to colorado. private insurance, obamacare, and most governor programs for everyone who's lived in the state at least a year. medicare would remain for those over age 65. it would be funded by a 10% income tax hike, generating an estimated $25 billion a year, which, yes, is nearly the double the size of the entire state budget and would make colorado's income taxes the highest in the country, but leader what you need to know: analysis by the colorado universal healthcare which is supports the amendment, finds the elimination of insurance premiums and deductibles would offset the new taxes. while the tax increases double the size of government, it doesn't affect expenditures in the current budget. it's entirely straight, which brings us to the next claim. >> to replace your doctor's decisions with a state program run by politicians >> reporter: not exactly. colorado care is run by an elected board which by the way controls all its elections state. like insurance companies, it will decide everything

over 10,000 jobs in colorado alone. but when washington gridlock was choking the industry, something had to be done. so, i teamed up with republicans and democrats to pass the new laws we needed to help renewable energy grow. protecting the jobs we have and generating more for the future. i'm michael bennet, and that's >>> it was a big night for the denver scholarship foundation, the program that has helped more than 5000 denver students go to college. they are celebrating their 10th anniversary tonight. denver 7 is a proud sponsor and we spoke at the organization's gala. >> tonight, we are going to show you just how much your support has met to thousands of students right here in our beautiful state of colorado. learning about low graduation rates and high dropout rates within dps back in 2006. so the governor was honored tonight. >>> our partners continue celebrating hispanic heritage month and today, by looking at the great work of aaron abeyta. the work he has done in antonito . he fought off big companies to protec

it is called "the truth about the towns on colorado's worst places to live." the bloger, heidi writes heidi town, she defends all 10 towns. greeley, heidi points out it is home to the longest running orchestra in the rocky mountain, her argument is with a little digging, every town has interesting story in colorado. we agree. there is a link to her blog, send us your recommendations, e mail next@9news.com or #heynext. >>> tonight we know whether our new approach to covering guns in america really started a different conversation, or just shook more nuts loose from the tree. >>> the quiet colorado native who made the national museum of african american history happen. >>> dia finally comes clean about its conspiracy theories, and the airport is playing >>> we salute those who serve our community at next, colorado is looking for 3 people who will step up to serve our state on the noxious weed advisory committee. before your 30-year-old son stumbles out of your basement yelling "weed committee, all right!" you should probably hear more. noxious means harmful or a

we asked what makes colorado cuisine so iq >> i know colorado loves peppers. and chilly, green chile is one of the things i've seen a lot. >> bison. wild boar. so i like game. >> the cooks will learn recipes at the broadmoor in the springs and the four seasons in vail. >>> the overnight tributes to former leader former israeli president shimon peres. teenage shooter. >>> a live look outside this morning as we get started on this thursday. here is mark haas with a look at tim tebo start. >>> broncos quarterback trevor siemian named player of the week for his performance last week against the bengals. tim tebo making his professional day -- debut yesterday. his first at-bat in the mets fastball deep for a home run. his teammates loved it. he ended up 1-6 for the day. he hit a home run and i broke that news to the broncos yesterday. >> he hit a homerun? oh man. >> that's great. i am happy for him. i am glad he found another career that is good at. is already hitting home runs. that's pretty good. >> tebo will miss again this weekend for his other career, switch t

brian moss told colorado secretary of state about a woman in colorado springs who died but voted four years in a row after her death. she's passed away. it's illegal and a crime and has been roughered to the the state for prosecution. for -- -- referred. >>> a curfew in charlotte as the view of the video. >> reporter: police in riot gear moved on demonstrators on interstate 277 in charlotte shortly before the mandatory curfew took affect. one man took a knee and as tensions escalated officers used tear gas and pushed them off the highway. >> you got to go owl in. you can't run in fear. >> some residents stepped in to help maintain calm. >> demonstrators circled downtown charlotte for hours. >> others staged a die-in on the steps of the county courthouse will national guards men feet away. >> there was a lot more positive people out here and a lot of groups were involved making a statement peacefully. >> reporter: the rel at thisly peaceful tone of the evening here in uptown charlotte followed two straight the death of keith scott. hundreds of extra state patrol officers and national g

over 10,000 jobs in colorado alone. but when washington gridlock was choking the industry, something had to be done. so, i teamed up with republicans and democrats to pass the new laws we needed to help renewable energy grow. protecting the jobs we have and generating more for the future. i'm michael bennet, and that's why i approve this message. c1 >>> in 2016. i'm alan gionet. today colorado is in the spotlight for republicans as several members of the donald trump's presidential campaign team is in colorado. donald trump, jr. will be on the western slope tonight. vp candidate mike pence is in colorado springs is this afternoon. now our political specialist desks. you had an exclusive interview with ivanka trump an she is after the women's vote. >> more women are registered to vote than men and they vote in greater numbers here. ivanka trump had a breakfast hosted by the women's alliance which features many women owners. she talked about the challenges of running a business and raising three kids all under the age of

mild, in eastern colorado. and frosty up there in the high country with the lows dipping close to the freezing mark. the rest of tonight, we are watching the showers and the 8:00, you will wake up to a bit of fog along i-76, i-80. meanwhile, to the west, fantastic. plenty of sunshine. but, that all changes by the afternoon as the cold front sweeps into the region. this one once again will produce some scattered showers and thunderstorms in the front range, the eastern plains, bring back a chance of a few clouds in the late afternoon. some cooler temperatures. and then it is out of here. these storms are not going to linger quite like this evening's did. you can see the it just sweeps across the state. by tomorrow afternoon, we are left with a cooler day. and a couple of cool days ahead before that warmup this weekend. tomorrow, we are down to about 76. so about 8 degrees cooler than today. partly sunny skies. watching the thunderstorms push in along the front, after about 3:00, 4:00. across the state, still goi

i am growing old in colorado. era that you find particularly interesting in colorado's history? >> ralph carr was the governor. we began arresting and putting into prison u.s. citizens because they were of japanese descent. the japanese attacked pearl harbor on december 7 and all of carr, he said we are americans and we are not going to do this. against theck federal government on the whole internment program. amazing lesson in courage. , he presidential nominee would not back off on that. it was wild west. we have real history. we teach colorado history. >> we ask this and it gets glossed over but is there anything about being governor you do not like? >> for those of us that have this genetic peculiarity where we want to do good and want to help other people, being in an executive position like this, it's about as good as it gets. it doesn't mean you love every minute of every day and when you go through a campaign with tv ad saying lies and distorting everything, whatever you said. your kid comes home from school and they are crying. not every minute of every day. but overall

this new poll by colorado mesa university shows hillary clinton leading by 7 points % among likely colorado voters. but interesting point here. a 1/10 of voters still -- a -- a 10th of voters still undecided. >>> this video is tough to watch. police in massachusetts say it shows a toddler tuggg mother who had just overdosed either on heroin or opioids. first responders had to use two doses of narcan to revive her. the little girl tonight is in protective custody. her mother is facing charges. >>> this picture of a boy shocked and alone after his home in syria was bobbinged touches all of us. it inspired another little boy all the way in new york to write a letter to president obama. and now his sweet request is >> >> dear president obama. remember the boy who was picked up by ambulance in syria? can you please go get him and bring him to our home? park in the driveway or on the street and we'll be waiting for you guys with flags, flowers, and food. 6-year-old alex went on to say that omaran would be his brother and he and his sister would share his toys and learn his language. he would invi

they now have colorado an average shows hillary clinton ahead in colorado by just 3 points. in august she was up 11 points. nationally she's up by just 1 point. what is going on! [ laughter ] >> dick, i'm gonna start with you. i talked to some high-ranking democrats, and they're worried. it appears hillary clinton is in tro colorado! >> they should be worried. a week ago when we left here, we had no idea the next 48 hours were gonna be so damaging for hillary clinton. and it's being reflected in the poll s and nationwide. >> donald trump has been stepping up his game here. his son was here last week, he's here tomorrow. do you think hillary clinton is taking colorado too much for granted? >> i don't think she's taking it for granted. i think what we're seeing in the polls is an oddity of this race. how trump's revitalizing the birther issue is going to affect him in the polls. >> roller coaster so far. the u.s. labor secretary was in denver to urge passage of amendment 70 which would raise the minimum wage in colorado to $12 an hour by 2020. opponents are launching an ad cam

went to colorado college for undergrad and the university of colorado for law school. he is nominated to the tenth circuit court of appeals in denver by president george w. bush. he is not commenting on potentially making the supreme court someday because you don't get to become an appeals judge there are ten names on trump's list. the original list includes four women, including colorado supreme court justice ide. >>> we have talked a lot about the lack of political yard signs this season. it was a door sign that caught our attention in jefferson county. it doesn't endorse any candidate. it's actually a warning to campaigns. to all of them. >> reporter: anna left her job as an anchor at colorado public radio a few years ago. that's not to say her plate isn't still full. any stay-at-home mom has a full plate. and they could tell you how important nap time is. >> those things are beasts. if you wake them up before they are ready to wake up or they don't get naps, they will devour you. >> reporter: so you understand her frustration from the other day. >> i had someone fr

we're talking about the colorado home show and wacky from the colorado convention center.>> reporter: we are here at the home show with leslie and what they are calling the woman cave or man cave. >> very good. >> reporter: you have decorated yours with what style are you calling it? >> it's a modern glamorous style. >> reporter: what's the difference between the living room and a b mac on a woman cave is specifically for the woman of the house. a place where she can go by herself to breathe and relax and do whatever she wants or invite girlfriends and for a glass of wine. it is her space and the kids is not allowed in and the husband is not allowed in and that's the difference. >> reporter: why is it important to have separate spaces? >> just like the man cave has been popular the last five or 10 years, now women are saying what about us? it used to be the whole house was the woman's domain but not working and sharing household duties and all of that. while the man needs his man cave the woman also needs her woman cave. that's what the trend is, for women to have their own getaway sp

this is his 4th rally in colorado. details about tickets for the event have not been released. >>> former miss universe alicia machado says donald trump was cruel and rude when she gained weight after winning the title 20 years ago. donald hillary clinton brought up her story in monday night's debate. she says trump human million watered her. he told fox news host wednesday night that he quote saved her job because they wanted to fire her for putting on so much weight and says he deserves thanks i helped somebody and this is what you get for helping somebody. >>> the white house saw it coming but that doesn't make the sting any less. override of his presidency on wednesday. congress voted down his veto of a peace of 9/11 legislation. the bill allows families of victims to sue saudi arabia if that country is ever found to be involved in the plot to attack the united states. the white house had warned that legislation could put u.s. risk. the house followed suit with a 348 to 77 vote. >>> a spending bill of more than one

these are colorado's most endangered places. walking across an open field and finding an old foundation makes you wonder, what was it for? who built it? angered places. i'm tom mustin. for many sites in colorado, those questions will remain unanswered forever, their purpose lost to the pages of history. keeping those stories alive is the work of historic preservationists. each year, colorado preservation incorporated assembles a list of historic sites that are threatened by time, neglect, or development. the site where we are today was added to the list back in 2001. it's camp amache, one of 10 japanese resettlement camps built by the u.s. government during wwii to house japanese-americans. the attention brought to camp amache by the endangered places program has allowed preservationists to begin rebuilding some of the structures that once stood here on their concrete foundations. belying the often controversial topic of japanese internment to be told to future generations. the first site on this year's list takes us back to les

i know the candidates have been in colorado a lot. but we stay focused where we can make the biggest difference. >> big debate in colorado these days about where this state stands politically. based on what you see, honestly now, where's colorado? where's it going? >> in non-presidential years our sign has shown to do very well. but if you're truly going to move a state move this state on the issues, we have to show we can win big races in presidential years. and this congressional race, morgan carrol, congressman kaufman, it is a big one, we acknowledge that, we do. >> thanks for your time. >> great to be here. >> welcome to colorado. >> it's always good to be here. >> morgan carrol's campaign sent a statement saying everyone who believes our election should be free from corporate influence should be concerned that the coke brothers are attempting to buy mike kauffman owes his campaign to the coke brothers. >>> a final tribute to the strength of legacy high ahead >>> with steve saager on a different assignment today our noel brennan

we got sunshine and blue skies in northeastern colorado. and here is that low pressure system in the west, pumping moisture up for a better chance for showers and thunderstorms and cooler temperatures. this wandering stationary front that has been here all week just dipped into northeastern colorado. we thought we might be in the lower 80s. this will move our way tomorrow and we'll be in the low 80s for tomorrow before the chill comes in for the weekend. here's our hour by hour. the scattered showers in the south, but here comes that moisture and you can see that snow over vail. we've got a high wind warning and advisory until 5:00 am all over the west on friday. and we also have a red flag warning from noon to 8:00 pm on friday. and a freeze watching from 10:00 pm friday night to 9:00 am saturday morning, al same state. our almanac today, 76 and 74 the highs. 49 and 53 were the lows. pretty close to normal for this time of year. 89 and 27 the extremes. 72 and 74 right now. north breeze at 15, 48% humidity, a falling barometer, and a nice s

colorado did not get high marks. we're going to talk about where they rank compared to the rest of the country. >>> going to school with ripped jeans is in but the school isn't so happy about it. students planning apparent approved protest. it is heros week this week and >>> more people are choosing colorado state university for their education. csu set a new record for had enrollment with more than 33,000 students. the school set a record for freshman enrollment this year just last week cu boulder also broke an enrollment record for fr popularity colorado schools didn't get top marks in the annual college rankings from u.s. news and world report. princeton took the top spot followed closely by harvard. the yearly survey ranks more than 18,000 schools across the u.s.. no colorado school broke the top 50. the colorado school of minds came in 82nd, university of denver 86th, cu was 92 and csu was 129th. >>> denver start up week continues this week is kind of businesses and today, it's the midway point. sessions today i

because there is so much unknown flag waves over the colorado freedom memorial. they are the colorado man who went to war in a country half a world away and never came back. they are the 24th. coming traveled 8,000-mile stick it here to tell you the stories of the once war-ravaged country, villages and families, sweeping rivers, next its driving cities. he disappeared back in may 1965. he was an observer on an aircraft that went down killed in action, and thought it never could recover his body never recovered, his remains still out there somewhere in april 1972, bruce walker, 26 rolled from pueblo colorado, flew out of this town, his plane was shot down he survived several days even used a mirror to cigna to signal rescuers he was surrounded by north vietnamese fighters killed in action his remains lost forever thousands of miles from home. life was never the same again. for us it never was. official farmhouse in the tiny town of beulah colorado the family of private first class michael, have been waiting nearly 50 years for a phone call >> they say, he was prob

right now let's check in with joel . >>> we are showing a case of colorado -- taste of colorado. it will be 30 minutes before we see these closures lifted. you can see a long colfax that purple affecting lincoln and 14th, 15th, and 16th. >>> this morning a former coral

let's talk about showers we have in southern colorado right now. they are small, weak it, moving through the lemar area between them rn springfield and we also have a few showers moving into southwestern colorado that will continue off and on throughout the day. because it's going to be consistent, around silver city, lake city, telluride, those of the areas where we will have today and a few of those will make their way up to the front range. not much farther to the north and east of metro denver, though. looks like the northeastern corner of the state will remain dry. severe weather is not an issue for colorado anywhere today and temperatures once again warm, running about 8 to 10 degrees above average with low to middle 80s. coming up in the planning forecast we have a pretty good change coming in friday into saturday. nine helicopter. right now they are over i-25 and thornton parkway and i do believe this is the south side of the highway stretch where we have a left lane and left shoulder crash with lots of flashing lights and the backups will

colorado rockies playing. southbound along i-25 a great drive at c-470. slowing as you come out of the hills along the approach to c-470. here we are from the east. parker road in the northbound direction out to i-225 speeds in the 40s and speeds into the 60s southbound at i-225. >>> an update on our economy this morning. hena daniels is live on the floor at the new york stock exchange. siri and i have a relationship. >> she's a friend of mine. i use her every day. >>> the monthly jobs report is out later this morning and showing numbers for august could make it more likely the fed will decide to raise interest rates this year, possibly even this month. >>> yesterday stocks on wall recovered. energy companies lost ground as oil prices slipped for the fourth day in a row. the dow jones gained 18 points and the nasdaq gained 13 and right now futures are pointing down. >>> campbell soup said it lost $81 million in the last quarter. they were counting on the fresh products to boost its bottom line as americans crave more unit fell 5%. >>> more americans hitti

the biggest concern for colorado voters is the economy. cnn pole shows among colorado voters, trump is most qualified to handle the economy but voters have more confidence in clinton. handling farm policy issues. in the razor thin margin puts the focus on this national race squarely on colorado. or to 75-to 63 trump and that depends on what happens here. i think realistic terms, it's probably in new hampshire maybb pennsylvania. >> i think everyone who has been following the race for some time new it's going to be a race that tightened up, the colorado, we are a swing state. >> of 40 plus days will be interesting in colorado and that is for sure. democratic watch parties all over at the major universities jake's sports downtown. live in centennial mark boyle denver7 . >> back to you. >>> the debate tonight at 7:00 right here on denver7 and stay with us for denver7 news at 10:00 we will have a debate wrapup and hear why voters think and put the candidates statements and through the truth tracker. >>> castle rock olice tweet out a reminder,

the she willer has about 100 colorado, near colorado springs now have cleaner drinking water according to the gazette. the district's switched contaminated well water with clean water pumped from from the pueblo reservoir. the water had been tainted from chemicals used in firefighting foam at peterson air force base. the air force promised to provide $4.3 million in water filters to affected areas. marty? >>> another dry day going for us here over the feigning. clear blue sky -- front range, clear blue sky from spor high city. we will see sunshine throughout the day today. temperatures warming into the 50s here now. we will be 70-plus by lunchtime. near 80 to 82 for most locations early this afternoon. we stay dry around here. but there that is storm system to our south, slowly and i mean very slowly, working its way up into colorado. that will bring a few clouds around the area tomorrow afternoon. small, small chance for a shower friday evening. and, again, saturday afternoon. to avoid spending big money on wireless headphones. but a cheap solution making the rounds on the internet ha

that's working against the interests of colorado. when you're sitting down across negotiating with somebody and they tell you they want to kill you, why would you enter into agreement with that. >> reporter: yo to our enemies? >> you're talking about giving them leverage. if somebody across from you says they want to kill you or one of your allies -- that should have been a deal breaker from day 1. >> reporter: you told a crowd that you would as a christian serve the lord and in doing so would serve them as citizens. what happens when god's will two different directions? >> they coexist. people aren't treating each other with grace, mercy and respect. that it is the one founding principle when you speak about what motivates me through faith is it allows me to learn from someone when the issues are, but i can still treat them with respect. >> so that's how you discern the will of the voter. how do you discern the will of god? >> you have converti god. you pray regularly. it's the foundation of who i am. it's the foundation of this cam

colorado sent 13 athletes. congratulates to all of them. >> i'm so glad it is going on. >> and it is so neat that they are from colorado. >>> the effects of a damaged pipeline are about to trickle down to millions of motorists. how much experts estimate the prices will go up at the pump. >> according to the national world war ii museum, there are less than a thousand world war ii veterans left. more of them die every single of them and show you how his family and complete strangers honor him. here is 9news's noel brennan. >> he was amazing. >> reporter: every day, another family comes together. >> that was him in the 40s. >> reporter: to remember a carefree kid in uniform with a crooked hat and smile. >> a goofy smile. [ laughter ] that's him. >> reporter: jacqueline greenbaum loved her grandfather water wolf. >> what's that? >> shrapnel. like pieces of a bomb. that was in his shoulder. >> another member greatest generation lost. >> pieces of bomb? >> yeah. >> he actually stormed the beaches in normandy during

it has been a big worry in colorado . foreign money coming into the state to get a piece of the marijuana business . what started as a money laundering case, allegedly involving funds from columbia, is now ending i am alan donnie salinger has followed this case since it broke to did years ago >> reporter: today a sentencing took place . at one point it seemed that lewis could receive many years behind bars . instead, he walked out of court today with just a probationary sentence, including a short time in jail . this is the case that that much attention when it began to did years ago . then, federal agents raided numerous and grow houses . this led to charges that money was illegally being transferred from columbia into colorado's legalized marijuana system . this case is now winding down . today, lewis was sentenced to probation including 45 days in jail for his role . his attorney afterwards said all this amounts to the difference between state and federal laws involving marijuana . changed . most notably the evidence w

college campuses across colorado are taking part.... new era colorado is holding events on the auraria campus and c-u boulder... they're be there from ten this morning until three this afternoon. monday morning during our show, we told you about a mass shooting in houston that injured 9 people... this morning...six are home...and three are still in the hospital. the suspect was shot and killed. now - police are searching his condo.. the manager of that complex says - the suspect was an angry person. police say a man in a black porsche started shooting at people during the morning rush hour. one person was critically injured - but doctors expect the victim to survive. the gunman - who has not been indentifed - fired at police... they fired back - killing him. police say - he was an attorney who had issues with his law firm. they believe he acted alone - and the suspect accused of killing five people at a washington state mall - has been charged with five counts of first degree murder. 20 year old arcan cetin is suspected of opening fire

as well as colorado state. they do have some tickets available on stub hub. about this. really encouraging you to give yourself extra time, plan ahead. we're talking about all those events going on this weekend. parking lots appear to be opening at 2:00. they're going to keep the students apart from each other as soon as possible. the stadium will also have that clear bag policy. this year, just be prepared. they will have for anyone wanting to come in. plan ahead. there's signs along i-25, saying traffic is going to pick up at 2:00. they want to let everyone else know, too, if you come out here and run out of parking, they're going to have parking at pepsi center. they're saying do not park at the homes around here. those permits will be in place and you could get a ticket and towed as well. attended very well. >> reporter: or even classes all day. >> that's a good point, vita, thanks so much. >>> the players are amped up for tonight's game. they know how important the rival is for either side. a year ago both

vice president joe biden returns to colorado today. he'll be speaking at the annual korbel dinner at the university of denver. the event starts at five at the ritchie center. carrie and john morgridge of the morgridge family foundation and kent thirty of davita will also be honored at the event. we have a link to get tickets in this story on 9news- dot-com. the head of the i- conservatives kept him from getting impeached. instead -- as part of the deal with conservative leaders - commissioner john koskinen will testify before congress. those conservatives originally wanted to impeach koskinen - saying the i-r-s targeted tea party groups seeking tax exemptions. but -- the reported targeting happened under a different commissioner... koskinen's clean up efforts were marred by missing emails and records. colorado has cemented a reputation as a swing state in the 21st century. but -- changes in the political landscape - pe surburban counties - helps reveal why the centennial state is showing more shades of blue. here's 9news reporter dan g